Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 717 509 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.84% 14.76% 9.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.52% 52.47% 41.23%
Number of salaries quoted 447 389 346
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £75,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,448 970 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 19.87% 28.12% 22.29%
Number of salaries quoted 935 709 786
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,438 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £64,025 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% - -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -2 192 £60,000 +9.09% 74
Essex 0 175 £40,000 +14.29% 43
Cambridgeshire -5 145 £53,000 +49.30% 82
Suffolk +26 97 £48,370 -3.26% 10
Norfolk +2 79 £55,000 +26.44% 22
Bedfordshire -18 27 £37,500 -22.68% 25
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 103 (14.37%) SharePoint
2 52 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.09%) WordPress
4 8 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.56%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) SAS
8 2 (0.28%) Confluence
8 2 (0.28%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Luigi
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 63 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.84%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.28%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.28%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 187 (26.08%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (15.90%) Power Platform
3 111 (15.48%) Entra ID
4 106 (14.78%) Azure AI
5 85 (11.85%) AWS
6 81 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (7.53%) OneDrive
8 39 (5.44%) PowerApps
9 35 (4.88%) Power Automate
10 33 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
11 32 (4.46%) GitHub
12 30 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (3.49%) GCP
14 20 (2.79%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (2.79%) SaaS
15 19 (2.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 18 (2.51%) GitHub Copilot
17 17 (2.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 14 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 69 (9.62%) Firewall
2 55 (7.67%) DNS
3 48 (6.69%) VPN
4 39 (5.44%) DHCP
5 30 (4.18%) TCP/IP
6 16 (2.23%) Internet
7 13 (1.81%) WAN
7 13 (1.81%) Wireless
8 11 (1.53%) VoIP
9 10 (1.39%) MQTT
10 9 (1.26%) LAN
10 9 (1.26%) VLAN
11 8 (1.12%) Network Security
12 7 (0.98%) Broadband
13 4 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.42%) DMZ
14 3 (0.42%) SSL
15 2 (0.28%) L2TP
15 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (15.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 99 (13.81%) Power BI
3 59 (8.23%) MongoDB
4 55 (7.67%) Tableau
5 35 (4.88%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.18%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.53%) Data Lake
8 11 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.98%) MySQL
10 6 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.84%) Looker
10 6 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.42%) Metadata
12 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.49%) Git
2 12 (1.67%) JIRA
3 6 (0.84%) MLflow
4 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.56%) Selenium
4 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.42%) git-flow
5 3 (0.42%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.28%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.14%) ERwin
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 351 (48.95%) Social Skills
2 78 (10.88%) Finance
3 33 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (2.79%) Marketing
5 19 (2.65%) Law
6 15 (2.09%) Legal
7 13 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (1.81%) Public Sector
8 12 (1.67%) Retail
9 11 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.84%) Advertising
11 6 (0.84%) Multimedia
12 5 (0.70%) Banking
12 5 (0.70%) Games
13 4 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.56%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 157 (21.90%) Developer
2 142 (19.80%) Analyst
3 106 (14.78%) Junior
4 101 (14.09%) Junior Analyst
5 96 (13.39%) IT Support
6 85 (11.85%) .NET Developer
7 73 (10.18%) Senior
8 54 (7.53%) IT Engineer
8 54 (7.53%) Security Analyst
9 51 (7.11%) Support Engineer
10 50 (6.97%) Data Analyst
11 48 (6.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 48 (6.69%) Ethical Hacker
11 48 (6.69%) Junior Data Analyst
11 48 (6.69%) Junior Security Analyst
12 40 (5.58%) IT Support Engineer
13 35 (4.88%) Graduate
14 34 (4.74%) Lead
15 33 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
16 32 (4.46%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (17.57%) .NET
2 103 (14.37%) .NET Core
3 81 (11.30%) ASP.NET
4 80 (11.16%) ASP.NET Core
5 76 (10.60%) CSS
6 67 (9.34%) HTML
7 51 (7.11%) RESTful
8 38 (5.30%) React
9 35 (4.88%) Entity Framework
10 32 (4.46%) ML.NET
11 31 (4.32%) Node.js
12 29 (4.04%) Blazor
13 23 (3.21%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.07%) HTML5 Canvas
14 22 (3.07%) JSON
15 21 (2.93%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.93%) Vue
16 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (2.65%) SPFx
18 17 (2.37%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.69%) Cyberattack
2 37 (5.16%) Driving Licence
3 32 (4.46%) Cloud Native
3 32 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.53%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (0.98%) Clustering
9 7 (0.98%) Digital TV
9 7 (0.98%) iPhone
10 6 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.84%) Legacy Code
10 6 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.84%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.70%) BBC
11 5 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 141 (19.67%) Windows
2 81 (11.30%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.37%) Linux
4 14 (1.95%) Android
4 14 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.67%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (24.27%) Cybersecurity
2 166 (23.15%) AI
3 137 (19.11%) Agile
4 116 (16.18%) Mentoring
5 110 (15.34%) DevOps
6 102 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
7 87 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (11.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 79 (11.02%) CI/CD
10 73 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (9.07%) Machine Learning
12 48 (6.69%) Ethical Hacking
13 46 (6.42%) Computer Science
13 46 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 43 (6.00%) Roadmaps
15 41 (5.72%) ITIL
16 40 (5.58%) User Experience
17 38 (5.30%) Customer Service
18 37 (5.16%) Service Delivery
19 36 (5.02%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 236 (32.91%) SQL
2 159 (22.18%) C#
3 128 (17.85%) Python
4 70 (9.76%) JavaScript
5 61 (8.51%) PowerShell
6 44 (6.14%) TypeScript
7 26 (3.63%) PHP
8 16 (2.23%) Java
9 13 (1.81%) C++
10 9 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.98%) Bicep
12 5 (0.70%) R
13 4 (0.56%) Bash
14 3 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.42%) Ruby
14 3 (0.42%) Rust
15 2 (0.28%) Go
15 2 (0.28%) Scala
16 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 219 (30.54%) Azure Certification
2 79 (11.02%) Degree
3 56 (7.81%) CompTIA Security+
4 49 (6.83%) CompTIA CySA+
5 48 (6.69%) CEH
6 38 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (4.60%) CCNA
7 33 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
9 18 (2.51%) Security Cleared
10 13 (1.81%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.26%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.98%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.98%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.84%) CISSP
14 5 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.70%) CCNP
15 3 (0.42%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.32%) QA
2 26 (3.63%) SLA
3 24 (3.35%) GDPR
4 17 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.81%) NIST
7 9 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.26%) GRC
8 7 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.98%) NCSC
9 6 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.56%) PMO
12 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) IFRS
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 130 (18.13%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.16%) Hyper-V
3 32 (4.46%) Docker
4 28 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.28%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 61 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.35%) Terraform
4 7 (0.98%) Ansible
5 3 (0.42%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.42%) SCCM
5 3 (0.42%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 506 (70.57%) Microsoft
2 120 (16.74%) ForeScout
3 47 (6.56%) Cisco
4 33 (4.60%) VMware
5 28 (3.91%) Apple
6 24 (3.35%) Google
7 19 (2.65%) Adobe
8 15 (2.09%) Databricks
8 15 (2.09%) Meraki
9 12 (1.67%) Facebook
9 12 (1.67%) Veeam
10 10 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.98%) Fortinet
11 7 (0.98%) Sophos
12 6 (0.84%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.84%) Dell
12 6 (0.84%) Epicor
12 6 (0.84%) SolarWinds
12 6 (0.84%) SonicWALL
12 6 (0.84%) Ubiquiti